banner
Meanings
Plural: banners
Noun
- long strip of cloth or paper used for decoration or advertising
- a newspaper headline that runs across the full page
- any distinctive flag
- A flag or standard used by a military commander, monarch or nation.
- The military unit under such a flag or standard.
- A military or administrative subdivision.
- Any large sign, especially when made of soft material or fabric.
- A large piece of cloth with a slogan, motto, or emblem carried in a demonstration or other procession or suspended in some conspicuous place.
- A cause or purpose; a campaign or movement.
- The title of a newspaper as printed on its front page; the nameplate; masthead.
- A type of advertisement on a web page or on television, usually taking the form of a graphic or animation above or alongside the content.
- The principal standard of a knight.
- A type of administrative division in Inner Mongolia and Tuva, made during the Qing dynasty; at that time, Outer Mongolia and part of Xinjiang were also divided into banners.
- One who bans something.
Adjective Satellite
- unusually good; outstanding
- "a banner year for the company"
Adj
- Exceptional; very good.
Verb
- To adorn with a banner.
- To display as a banner headline.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English baner, from Old French baniere (Modern bannière), of Germanic origin. More at band.
Scrabble Score: 8
banner is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordbanner is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
banner is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 11
banner is a valid Words With Friends word